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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER CO.
Engineers and contractors
CHICAGO. U.S.A.
Bulletin No. 34
Copyrighted March, 1919
ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
Engineers and Contractors
Chicago U. S. A.
rfHP 18 1919
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FOREWORD
T HE ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY renders a com¬
prehensive, experienced, and efficient service in the design,
construction, and installation of complete Locomotive Coaling
PI ants, RandS Gravity S and Plants, and Cinder handling equip¬
ments for railroads.
If you represent a railroad that contemplates the building of
such, you owe to yourself the satisfaction of investigating our facili¬
ties, for you cannot otherwise be sure of buying to the best advantage.
Our slogan for years has been Fulfill the Contract — Satisfy
the Client. Our management operates on this basis. Your inves¬
tigation of the record of work done by Roberts and Schaefer Company
on all leading American railroads, as to quality, superior designing,
substantial equipment, experienced construction superintendents,
dispatch, financial responsibility, friendly relations, and other
features that are of importance to the client, will convince you that
they are able and reliable.
We have the most extensive business in the United States in
this particular line of engineering and construction. We are proud
of our clients and our record for them is constantly winning us
repeat orders.
Our 1917 business was 64% repeat orders.
Our 1918 business was 94.6% repeat orders.
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i rectors
of R oherts and Schaefer Company
Lieut. Colonel Warren R. Roberts
President
John J. Roberts
T reasurer
Ed ward E. Barrett
Vice President
Frank E. Mueller
Chief Engineer
Clyae P. Ross
Contracting Man ager
'T'HE management of tbe Roberts and Scbaefer Company bas
been tb e same for 15 years, or since its start in 1904. Tbe
five Directors wbo are managing its affairs now were witb tbe
organization tben.
A continuous and successful business bas been maintained.
Railroads and Coal Operators of tbis country bave absolute faitb
in tbe integrity of our methods and tbe efficiency of our designs of
Coal Handling Plants, and believe in tbe ability of our Construction
Organization to build soundly and well.
Tbe Roberts and Scbaefer Company bave one idea in tbe up¬
building of tbeir business; tbat idea is to do tbeir work so well tbat
tbey are unique in tbe characteristics which make a fact of tbe
phrase: Fulfill tbe Contract — Satisfy tbe Client.
We are glad to furnish Railroad Companies, without charge,
designs and proposals on Locomotive Coaling Stations built com¬
plete, ready for operation, upon receipt of track layout and general
requirements.
It is well to secure our designs before building.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Manchester, N. Y.
1200-ton capacity, six-trac k. Du¬
plicate Automatic El ectric Ele¬
vating Equipments 150 tons per
hour. RandS Gravity Sand
Plant with Beamer Patent Steam
Dryers. Equipped with 14 elec¬
trically operated RandS M eas-
uring Coal Loaders. Handl es four
different kinds of coal. Designed
and huilt hy us throughout. This
plant is now being duplicated hy
us for the Norfolk & Western Ry.
at West Roanoke, Va.
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The Largest Railroad Coaling Plant in the World
Philadelphia & Reading Ry., Erie Avenue Yard, Phil adelphia. Pa. Designed and huilt throughout hy us in 1918.
2000-tons storage capacity ; six coaling tracks ; duplicate automatic electric Elevating Equipment ; capacity 300 tons
per hour. Elevated wet sand storage 250 tons, using gravity system through Beamer sand dryers. Dry sand
storage capacity 125 tons.
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“Another Forceful Example of Our Leadership ”
This Philadelph la & Reading Coaling
forced Concrete. Minimum section wa
supporting structure over tracks encased
plete as it is equipped with 18 wash t
storage room, etc.
Plant is built throughout of solid, poured Rein-
11s, 8 inches. Structural steel column and girder
in Reinforced Concrete. Details of plant very corn-
owls, 28 steel lockers, showers, toilets, fireproof
I’uge five
ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
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Pennsylvania R. R. —Eastern Lines, Pitcairn , Pa.
1200-ton capacity ; two coaling tracks ; four 25-ft. track hoppers; duplicate 75-ton per hour Automatic Electric
Elevators. RandS Gravity Sand Plant using Beamer Sand Dryers. We built this structure in 1918 replacing
timber plant destroyed by hre on same site in 1917. We are now duplicating this plant for the Pennsylvania Rail¬
road at Edgemore Yard, Wilmington, Del., and also building for same line at Buffalo, N. Y., one-half unit 600-ton
storage, to be increased to 1200 tons in the future.
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In 1917 we built a 1,000-ton
frame constructed Coaling Plant
at Pitcairn, Pa., for tbe Penn¬
sylvania Railroad Company. It
was accepted and placed in
operation in charge of tbe rail¬
road company forces on October
23, 1917. After approximately
tb ree weeks operation it was
totally destroyed by fire on tbe
mgbt of November 17, 1917,
burning to tbe ground in one
bour and twenty minutes.
Tbe loss of tbis plant was
one of th e severest blows during
war times that could happen to
the Pittsburgh Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Railroad Company
awarded us a contract for
duplicating this plant at Pit¬
cairn in Reinforced Concrete
and Steel construction on Feb¬
ruary 8, 1918. Our Superin¬
tendent arrived to start the
work on February 18, 1918, ten
days afterwards. We bad the
rebuilding work actually under
construction on February 28,
1918, ten days later. We han¬
dled coal on July 29, 1918, ran
plant was accepted and our Superintendent left
A very excellent record of completion under
the then severe labor and industrial conditions.
No timber Coaling Plants have been built on the Pennsylvania
Railroad since the Pitcairn fire. We have built many in concrete
construction.
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August 10, 1918.
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Terminal It. It. Association of St. Louis
East St. Louis, III.
300-ton capacity, two track. Automatic
Electric Equipment. We are duplicating
tins Coaling Plant now for same railroad
at 13 r e in e n Avc#, Sit* I_/Ouis. an d M adison.
Ill. The railroad official who placed con¬
tract with us. wrote on December 28th :
I was over at the plant the other day
when th ey were hoisting coal an d the ma-
chinery seemed to work very satisfac¬
torily. From what I have seen so far, I
am confident that we will be well satisfied
with your apparatus.
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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
Pennsylvania R. R.— Eastern Lines
South Oil City, Pa.
200-ton capacity, two-track, 50-ton per hour Automatic Electric Elevating Equipment. Buckets
operating on Gurney ball hearing rollers. Complete with concrete Ran dS Gravity Sand
Plant and Beamer Sand Dryers. Also duplicated for this company at Blairsville, Pa.
Railroad Superintendent Motive Power wrote us November 18, 1918:
I beg to advise that this South Oil City Coaling Station is now in
tendent of the Allegh eny Division has so advised your Construction
make final payment as soon as hill is presented.
satisfactory working order and
Superintendent, Mr. McDonald.
Supenn-
We will
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Illinois Central R. R.
Effingham, Illinois
600-ton storage capacity, three-track. Automatic
is the first Reinforced Concrete Coaling Plant huilt
largest storage pocket.
Electric, 75-ton per hour El evator.
on the Illinois Central System and
This
is its
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New York, Philadelphia
Norfolk R. R.
Cape Charles, Va.
300-ton, one-track. Automatic Electric
Equipment, with RandS Gravity
Sand Plant.
Built by Louisville
Nashville R. R.
Using our Automatic Elec¬
tric Mechanical Equipment
throughout. Storage ca¬
pacity 400 tons, three track,
including Ran dS” G ravity
San d Plant and Beamer
Sand Dryers. Erected at
DeCoursey, Hazard, Ra¬
venna, and Guthrie, Ky.,
and Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pennsylvania R. R.— Eastern Lines
West Brownsville Junction, Pa.
300-ton capacity, two-track. Automatic
bearing roller Bucket operation, with a
Sand Dryer. Built in 1918.
Electric,
concrete
75-ton per bour Elevator, using Gurney ball
RandS Gravity S and Plant and Beamer
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St. Louis Southwestern Ry.
Valley Junction, III.
200-ton storage capacity, two-traclc. Automatic Electric, 50-ton per
duplicated at Jonesboro, Ark., and Commerce, Texas, tbe same design.
bour Elevator,
same road.
Also
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Duluth , Missabe & Northern\Ry .
Proctor, Minn.
1,000-ton capacity, two-track. Automatic Electric CD- ton
mg a separate RandS Gravity Sand Plant and Beamer
operated Safety First coaling gates.
per hour Elevating Equipment, includ-
Sand Dryer. Equipped with platform
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Oregon Short Line R. R.
Dillon, Mont. Built 1918
150-ton capacity tliree-track, Automatic Electric, 75-ton per
hour Elevating Equipment, with ground storage sand plant.
We also duplicated this structure from same plans for
this company at Melrose, JViont., and Shoshone, Id aho.
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Nickel Plate R. R.
(N. Y. C. &■ St. L.)
Brockton, N. Y.
300-ton capacity. Automatic Ele¬
vating’ Equipment, operated wi th
distillate oil engine. Coals three
tracks.
Nashville , Chattanooga
& St. Louis Ry.
Cotvan, Tennessee
250-ton capacity, four-
track. Equipped with elec¬
trically operated RandS
M easuring Coal Loaders
for issuing and recording
all coal placed on locomo¬
tives. Since operating this
plant, this railroad has
awarded us contracts for
similar Coaling Plants
equipped wit h RandS
Measuring Coal Loaders for
installation at Nashville,
and Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Atlanta, Ga. See de¬
tail of loader on page 64.
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Hocking Valley Railway
Nelsonville, Ohio
300-ton storage, three-track. Automatic Electric, 75-ton per hour
Elevator. This concrete pocket was huilt hy us during the months of
December and January, 1917, under severe winter conditions.
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Oregon-Washington R. R. & Navigation Co.
Spokane, Wash.
150-ton storage capacity, two-track. Automatic Electric Elevator. We have also huilt similar
Coaling Plants lor the O.-W. R. R. & N. Co., at The Dalles, Pilot Rock Junction, Portland,
Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.
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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
Pennsylvania R. R,- Eastern Lines
Canton Shops, Baltimore, Md.
100-ton storage capacity, frame construction,
one-track. Automatic Electric Operation. We
duplicated this plant for tins company later
at Rochester, N. Y.
Pennsylvania R. R. —Eastern Lines
Osceola Mills, Pa.
200-ton storage capacity. We huilt this
Coaling Plant complete, including foun¬
dations, in 78 working days from the
c ate of award of contract to completion
and acceptance, and the Superintendent
of the railroad company wrote us on
August 3, 1917 :
I beg leave to advise that the mechanical
Coaling Plant built by your company at Osceola
Mills and placed in operation July 26, 1917, IS
entirely satisfactory to the railroad company,
and is hereby accepted by them, your contract
having been fully carried out in a satisfactory
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manner.
We duplicated this Coaling Plant for
the Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha, at
South Omaha, Neb., in the spring of
1918, and it was destroyed by fire in the
fall. As th is book goes to press, we
have ]ust completed the rebuilding of
their structure.
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An Economical Coaling Plant
50-ton storage capacity, or one carload. Bucket
hung on scales to record issues to engines.
Elevator steam operated. We huilt this plant
for the Chicago Great Western R. R. at Hay-
field, Minn. We also built fire-proof Coaling
Plants for this company at St. Joseph, Mo. ;
Redwing and Kenyon, Minn.; Carroll, Clarion,
and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
New York Central R. R.
Adrian, Mich.
All structural steel, 100-ton capacity Coaling
Plant, coaling on one track. Automatic Electric
50-ton per hour Elevator. We are now duplicating
this plant, from same drawings, at Ft. Wayne,
Indiana. The Chief Engineer of the railroad com¬
pany recently advised us:
“The photograph showing the fireproof Coaling
Plant which you recently designed and huilt for
this company at Adrian, Mich., reached me yes¬
terday, and want to thank you very much for this
picture, which I have taken pleasure in hanging
on our office wall. We are much pleased with the
plant, as well as with its appearance.
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A 200-ton capacity three-track Automatic Electric Reinforced
motive Coaling Plant — also a RandS Gravity Sand Plant, designed
vania Lines West of Pittsburgh, at Akron, Ohio, 1918.
Concrete and Steel Loco-
and built for the Pennsyl-
Reinf orced Concrete Coaling Plants stand pre-eminent in the held today, backed by years
of continuous effort to produce the best.
Our plants permit a speedy coaling of engines in the most economical and simple manner,
and the maintenance expense of the plant itself is proportionately low.
Bring your coaling problems to our engineers. A talk with us will benefit you materially,
and demonstrate why we have never failed to Fulfill the Contract, Satisfy the Client.’
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ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
CHICAGO, U. A. A.
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Two-hundred Ton Capacity Reinforced Concrete Counterbalanced
and Sanding Plant Designed and Constructed by Roberts and Scbaefer
at Akron, Obio. See page 20 for actual view.
Bucket Coaling
Company, 1917
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Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Joliet, III.
100-ton capacity, two-track. Automatic Electric Elevator 50 tons per hour. The official
in charge wrote us December 22, 1917 , as loll ows :
Your work on Reinforced Concrete Coaling Station which your company has built for us
at Joliet has been completed and the chute is now working in an entirely satisfactory manner,
and I can see no reason for h olding your Superintendent, Mr. Ludwig, here any longer.
We duplicated this structure for the Pennsylvania R. R. — Eastern Lines, Rainey Junction, Pa.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Kane, Pa.
300-ton capacity Reinforced Concrete Automatic Electric
two-track Plant, including two RandS Gravity Sand Plants using
Beamer Steam Dryers.
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Pennsylvania Lines West, New Hawthorne Yard
Indianapolis , Indiana
500-ton capacity, three-track. Automatic Electric, 75-ton per hour Elevator.
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Roberts and Schaefer Coaling Plant
A 900-ton capacity, four-track. Reinforced Concrete. Automatic
Electric Locomotive Coaling Plant, with separate and duplicate
elevating and distributing equipment, designed and completed by
us for tbe Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Com¬
pany, Hazelton Terminal, Youngstown, Ohio, 1918.
Cinder Handling Equipment
We also installed tbe Cinder Handling Equipment adjacent to this Coal¬
ing Station shown. The four tracks passing under the Coaling Station have
cinder pits in which are located 48 large cinder
buckets. By an electric hoist the filled buckets
are raised, and discharge automatically into
the cinder bin, from
which the cinders are
loaded into cars.
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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
Monongahela Railway
South Brownsville, Pa.
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200-ton capacity, three-track. Automatic Electric, using Duplex 12-foot Shallow Pit Loader.
Also equipped with cinder handling equipment and storage pocket shown m diagrammatic view,
page 50, and m addition a RandS Gravity Sand Plant and Transfer Chute for mechanically
transferring coke from one car to another. The official who placed contract for us for this
plant advised us, upon completion, as follows :
The performance of this Coaling Plant is very satisfactory so far, and when the present
damaged slate controller hoard is replaced by you, I believe the contract will have been com¬
pleted.’
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Diagrammatic drawing of proper track centers with respect to coaling tracks and receivin
hopper tracks on coaling Plants of various designs. For use of Railroad Chief Engineers, i
determining yard lay-outs, using different types of Reinforced Concrete Coaling Stations.
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of Handling Coal , Various
Large Railway System for
Coaling Stations
December , 1916
on
a
Tons
Power
Stations Style
Han-
and
Total Dec.
Dec.
Chute
died
Labor
Sup.
Cost 1916
1915
A Division —
1
Pocket Chute . .
6.595
552.14
.90
553.04 .0839
.0652
2
Pocket Chute . . .
5.263
526.24
7.50
533.74 .1014
.0839
3
Pocket Chute . . .
3.507
350.76
15.38
366.14 .1044
.0839
4
Pocket Chute . . .
1.235
123.50
5.16
128.66 .1042
.0750
5
Bal. Bkt.
5,075
432.19
22.07
454.26 .0895
.0258
6
Bal. Bkt. .
4,310
177.68
52.36
230.04 .0534
.0404
7
Chain Type .
7.173
160.97
31.39
192.36 .0268
.0161
8 Cars .
593
59.30
59.30 .1000
.1014
9
Crane Hoist and
Car .
7,384
233.38
21.26
254.64 .0345
.0238
10
385
38.50
38.50 .1000
.1000
11
Cars .
.1000
19
.1000
13 Cars .
32
3.20
3.20 .1000
41.552
2657.86
156.02
2813.88 .0677
.0460
B Division — •
14
Pocket Chute . . .
716
78.63
1.36
79.99 .1117
.0862
15
Bal. Bkt .
1.865
37.50
15.03
52.53 .0282
.0349
16
Bal. Bkt .
2.310
117.19
16.50
133.69 .0579
.0500
17
Bal. Bkt.
3,369
79.38
20.32
99.70 .0296
.0381
18
Platform .
125
17.74
17.74 .1419
.1000
19
Cars .
402
40.20
40.20 .1000
.1000
20
Cars .
875
87.50
87.50 .1000
.1000
21
Cars .
173
17.30
17.30 .1000
.1000
22
Platform .
188
41.18
41.18 .2190
.1000
23
Platform .
216
75.70
75.50 .3505
24
Pocket Chute . . .
3.191
292.15
6.16
298.31 .0935
.0830
25
Platform .
229
31.15
31.15 .1360
.1000
26
Platform .
233
23.30
23.30 .1000
.1000
27
Cars .
86
8.60
8.60 .1000
.1000
28 Cars .
5
3.75
3.75 .7500
13.983
951.27
59.37
1010.64 .0723
.0676
C Division — -
29
Bal. Bkt .
6.309
156.38
22.58
178.96 .0284
.0234
30
Chain Tvpe .
5.571
156.60
62.68
219.28 .0394
.0634
31
Bal. Bkt.
6,103
139.71
41.51
181.22 .0297
.0218
32
Crane Hoist .
4.941
148.05
17.52
165.57 .0335
.0718
33
Pocket Chute . .
2.157
325.80
2.01
327.81 .1520
.0915
34
Cars .
819
81.90
81.90 .1000
.1000
35
Air Hoist .
305
55.00
55.00 .1803
.0467
36
Air Hoist .
238
55.00
55.00 .2311
.0463
37
Crane Hoist and
Cars .
391
127.50
15.15
142.65 .1026
.0746
38
Pocket Chute . .
2.399
247.45
2.97
250.42 .1044
.0815
59
Platform .
75
18.01
18.01 .2401
.1000
40
Cars .
559
55.90
55.90 .1000
.1000
41
Crane Hoist .
2.041
91.77
14.55
106.32 .0521
.0393
42
Platform .
268
54.43
54.43 .2031
.1000
43
Bal. Bkt .
2.401
94.50
25.34
119.84 .0499
.0338
35,577
1808 00
204.31
2312.31 .0566
.0156
D Division —
44
Pocket Chute .
878
87.84
87.84 .1000
.1008
45
Pocket Chute .
3.272
312.39
2.77
315.16 .0963
.0885
46
Air Hoist .
500
93.33
.56
93.89 .1878
.1519
47
Air Hoist .
292
60.10
.60
60.70 .2079
.2262
48
Air Hoist .
679
110.00
.44
110.44 .1627
.1144
49
50
Cars
83
8.30
8.30 .1000
51
Cars
4
3.00
3.00 .7500
5.708
674.96
4.37
679.33 .1190
.1027
GRAND TOTAL AND AVERAGE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
A Division . 41,552 2657.86 156.02 2813.88 .0677 .0460
B D.vision . 13,983 951.27 59.37 1010.64.0723.0676
C Div.sion . 35,577 1808.00 204.31 2012.31 .0566 .0516
D Division . 5,708 674.96 4.37 679.33 .1190 .1027
Grand Total . 96.820 6092.09 424.07 6516.16 .0673 .0544
Tons
Power
Stations Style
Han-
and
Total Dec. Dec.
Chute
died
Labor
Sup.
Cost 1916 1915
E Division — ■
52 Gravity .
1.827
116.40
116.40 .0637 .0622
53 Bal. Bkt. &
Crane Hoist.
5,498
147.05
35.00
182.05 .0331 .0345
54 Link .
3,494
95.30
33.60
128.90 .0369 .0326
55 Cars . . . . .
1.395
139.50
139.50 .1000 .1000
56 Cars .
38
8.80
8.80 .1000 .1000
57 Crane Hoist. . .
6.604
195.52
25.65
221.17 .0335 .0384
58 Mine Tipple. .
3,629
92.90
5.97
98.87 .0272 .0275
59 Cars .
246
24.60
24.60 .1000 .1406
60 Cars .
87
8.70
8.70 .1000 .1000
61 Cars .
145
14.50
14.50 .1000 .1000
62 Cars .
103
10.30
10.30 .1000 .1000
63 Cars .
200
20.00
20.00 .1000 .1000
64 Pocket Chute .
2,523
220.74
220.74 .0875 .0828
65 Pocket Chute .
3.488
313.92
3.45
317.37 .0910 .0803
66 Pocket Chute .
2.692
269.15
11.17
280.32 .1041 .0846
67 Gravity .
. 2.388
119.39
119.39 .0500 .0500
68 Cars .
381
38.10
38.10 .1000 .1000
69 Cars .
1,538
153.80
153.80 .1000 .1000
70 Cars .
425
42.50
42.50 .1000 .1000
7 1 Cars .
. 1042
72 Cars .
253
25.30
25.30 .1000 .
73 Cars .
133
13.30
13.30 .1000
74 Cars . .
17
1.70
1.70 .1000
37,154
2071.47
114.81
2186.31 .0588 .0560
F Division — •
75 Platform
164
25.24
25.24 .1539 .1536
76 Pocket Chute .
2.621
282.43
.21
282.64 .1078 .0750
77 Pocket Chute .
2.581
248.74
5.40
254.14 .0985 .0769
78 Chain Type.
. 4.069
176.44
35.54
211.98 .0521 .0645
79 Crane Hoist. . .
. 5.842
195.96
35.32
231.28 .0396 .0249
80 Cars .
1,709
276.00
2.35
278.35 .1629 .1180
81 Cars .
160
16.00
16.00 .1000 .1000
82 Platform
44
8.80
8.80 .2000 .0647
83 Gravity .
3.358
154.49
11.17
165.66 .0493 .0167
84 Gravity .
4.707
79.50
79.50 .0169 .0188
85 Pocket Chute
3.072
264.83
2.19
267.02 .0869 .0807
86 Cars .
984
98.40
98.40 .1000 .1000
87 Cars .
306
34.25
34.25 .1119 .1000
88 Bal. Bkt.
2,838
70.00
9.03
79.03 .0278 .0291
89 Cars .
90 Cars .
60
6.88
6.88 .1147
91 Platform .
40
6.01
6.01 1503
32.555
1943.97
101.21
2045.18 .0628 .0535
G Division —
92 Gravitv .
2.301
130.98
3.62
134.60 .0585 .0264
93 Bal. Bkt .
3,311
96.23
31.50
127.73 .0386 .0523
94 Cars .
1.263
126.30
126.30 .1000 .1000
95 Cars .
310
31.00
31.00 .1000 .1384
96 Cars .
189
18.90
18.90 .1000 .1000
97 Cars .
452
45.20
45.20 .1000 .1000
98 Bal. Bkt . .
. 2.223
66.45
20.15
86.60 .0390 .0326
99 Cars .
105
10.50
10.50 .1000 .1000
100 Cars .
133
13.30
13.30 .1000 .1000
101 Cars .
42
4.20
4.20 .1000 .
102 Cars .
121
32.10
32.10 .1000 .1000
103 Cars .
117
11.70
11.70 .1000 .1000
104 Cars .
53
5.30
5.30 .1000 .
105 Cars .
26
22.25
22.25 .8558 .8815
.3950
10,846
614.41
55.27
669.68 .0617 .0536
GRAND TOTAL AND AVERAGE. DISTRICT NUMBER TWO
E Division .
,37.154
2071.47
114.84
2186.31 .0588 .0560
F Division .
32,555
1943.97
101.21
2045.18 .0628 .0535
G Division .
10.846
614.41
55.27
669.68 .0617 .0536
Grand Total . .
80.555
4629.85
271.32
4901.17 .0608 .0546
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Summary
Coal Handling at two and one-half
Cents a Ton— 1916
The accompanying table shows in detail
the cost of handling coal, as taken from the
records carefully compiled by a large railway
system. We find by reference to the data
given that the following methods of coal
handling are employed :
(1) c rane Hoist. This is a steam hoisting
and revolving crane of the self-propelling
type.
(2) Pocket Chute. The old wooden grav¬
ity chute where cars are run up an incline
and coal unloaded in pockets.
i 3) Chain Type. The continuous type of
buckets operating on a chain.
(4) Balanced Bucket. As originated and
developed by the Roberts and Schaefer Com¬
pany.
(5) C ars. Where coal is handled direct
from car to the locomotive.
(6) Platfo rm. Wh ere coal is first thrown
on a platform and then on the locomotive.
(?) Air Hoist. An air cylinder mounted
on four wheels or stationary and handles a
one-ton bucket.
(8) Mine Tipple. The point where coal
is placed on the tenders direct from mines.
(9) Gravity. Where coal can be dumped
directly in the coal chute pockets and then to
locomotive tender.
(10) Train Men. Where coal is loaded
on the engine by train crews.
By close study we can arrive at a good
estimate on cost of handling coal by any one
of these methods, and at a glance one would
say that the comparative costs would be
about as follows :
(1)
Train Men .
(2)
Platform .
(3)
By Hand .
. . . .10 per ton
(4)
Gravity .
.06 per ton
(5)
Crane Hoists .
. . . .05 per ton
(6)
Mine Tipple .
. . .03 per ton
(7)
Balanced Bucket . .
At station number “31" on division C
with the Balanced Buck et type, the aver¬
age cost shows the lowest on the system
2 V2c a ton. This and six other plants were
designed and built by the Roberts and
Schaefer Company. These seven plants are
indicated in the general table in black face
type. For the convenience of the reader,
they are also given below where a glance will
show the very low cost at which coal is
handled by them. In fact, so great was the
economy shown by th ese plants that their
total cost was paid for in eighteen months out
of the money saved over former methods.
Cost of operation of P.oberts and Schaefer
Coaling ‘Plants:
Cost of Decern- Decem-
Tons Labor Power ber. ber,
Han- Ex- and Total 1916 1915
Location died pense Supplies Cost per Ton per Ten
Sta- 5, Div. A . 5.075 S432.19 S22.07 S454.26S0.0895 S0.0258
Sta. 6, Div. A 4.310 177.68 52.86 230.04 .0534 .0404
Sta. 17. Div. B. 3,369 79.38 20.32 99.70 .0296 .0381
Sta. 31. Div. C 6.103 139.71 41.51 181.22 .0297 .0218
Sta. 53, D.v. E 5.498 147.05 35.00 182.05 .0331 .0345
Sta. 88. D.v. F. 2.838 70.00 9.03 79.03 .0278 .0291
Sta. 93. Div. G. 3.311 96.23 31.50 127.73 .0386 .0523
Tbe above seven plants were designed and built by the
Roberts and Schaefer Company.
The average cost per ton for December, 1916. is . 0431
The average cost per ton for December, 1915, is . 0345
On the entire system the average cost on the A. B, C and D
Divisions for all coal handling plants on the line for
December, 1916, is . 0673
December, 1915, is . 0544
For the E, F and G Divisions, this average cost per ton for
December, 1916, is . 0608
December, 1915, is . 0546
The above comparisons of the cost of handling coal by the
Roberts and Schaefer Plants as against the average cost by all
other plants is of interest.
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The above view shows a refinement in detail of the
Erie Avenue Coaling Plant, Philadelphia Reading
Railroad, equipped with wash bowls, lockers, toilets,
etc., for use of workmen about the terminal.
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A New Design
Diagram drawing showing design of a large 1,200-ton capacity, six-track. Reinforced Con¬
crete and Steel Locomotive Coaling and Sanding Plant. We are now building this facility
for the Norfolk Western Railroad at West Roanoke, Va.
The d esign is unique in that the plant is equipped with electrically operated shaking screens
for screening all coal prior to storing it in the concrete pockets. This coal being screened into
two sizes, the lump coal stores in one 600-ton pocket and coal passing through 2-inch perfora¬
tions for stoker locomotive use, stored in other 600-ton pocket. Plant equipped with two-track
hoppers and alternate automatic electric elevating equipments, having a combined hoisting
capacity of 150 tons per hour.
Lump coal may be withdrawn from pocket and crushed, and re-elevated and discharged
into stoker small coal bin. Also equipped with RandS Gravity Sand Handling Plant.
Page thirty-one
ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
LOCOMOTIVE COALING PLANTS
Built or Contracted For By Us Since January 1, 1917
Manchester, N. Y. — Lelngh Valley R. R. Co.,
1200 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Pitcai rn. Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
1200 tons, frame construction.
Allegheny, Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
200 tons, frame construction.
East St. Louis, Ill.- — -Terminal R. R. Association of St. Louis.
300 tons. Reinforced Conciete construction.
Akron, Ohio — Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh.
200 tons. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Dick erson Run. Pa.— Pittsburgh 6? Lake Erie R. R.,
Automatic Electric Cinder Handling Plant.
Osceola Mills, Pa.— Pennyslvama R. R . Co.,
200 tons, frame construction.
Hobok en, N. J. — Delaware. Lackawanna & Western R. R.,
400 tons, frame construction.
Valley Junction. Ill. — St. Louis Southwestern Ry.,
2C0 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Haselton, Ohio — Pittsburgh Lake Erie R. R.,
900 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Dillon, Mont. — Oregon Short Line R. R.,
150 tons. Reinforced Concrete construction.
M elrose. Mont. — Oregon Short Line R. R„
150 tons. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Joliet, Ill. — Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry.,
100 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Philadelphia (P Reading Ry.,
2000 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Indianapolis, Ind. — Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh,
500 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
m; ngus, Texas — -Texas & Pacific Ry.,
400 tons, frame construction.
South Brownsville. Pa. — Monongahela Ry.,
200 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
South Brownsville, Pa. — Monongahela Ry.,
Electric Cinder Handling Plant.
South Chicago, Ill. — Chicago Short Line Ry.,
100 tons, frame construction.
Sidney, Australia — New South Wales Government Railways.
100 tons, frame construction.
Rochester, N. Y. - Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
100 tons, frame construction.
Nashville, Tenn. — Nashville, Chattanooga 6? St. Louis Ry.,
300 tons, frame constiuction.
Chattanooga, Tenn. — Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.,
300 tons, frame construction.
Nelsonvdle, Ohio — -Hocking Valley Ry.,
500 tons. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Guthrie, Ky. — Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
400 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
South Omaha, Neb. — Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha,
150 tons, frame construction.
West Brownsville Junction. Pa.- Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
300 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Pitcairn, Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R. Co.
(Rebuilding after fire), 1200 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Nelsonvdle, Ohio — -Hocking Valley Ry.,
Automatic Cinder Handling Plant.
Nashville, Tenn. — Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
1000 tons, Reinforced Concrete construction.
B1 airsville. Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R„
200 tons. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Marion, Ohio — Hocking Valley Ry.,
Toledo, Ohio — Hocking Valley Ry.,
Each Economical Coaling Conveyors.
North Bessemer, Pa. — Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R.,
400 tons, frame construction.
Richmond, Ind.- — Pennsylvania Lines West.
500-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Thurlow, Pa.- — Pennsylvania R. R.- — Eastern Lines.
300-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Montgomery, Ala.— I lOuisville & Nashvi lie R. R.,
400-ton stoiage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Rainey Junction, Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R.- — Eastern Lines,
100-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Kane, Pa.— Pe nnsylvania R. R. — Eastern Lines.
300-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Jonesboro, Ark. — St. Louis Southwestern Ry.,
200-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Commerce, Texas — St. Louis Southwestern Ry.,
200-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
South Oil City, Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R. — Eastern Lines.
200-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Atlanta, Ga.- — Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.,
300-ton storage capacity, frame construction.
Handley. W. Va.— Ch esapea ke & Ohio Ry.,
500-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Coalburg, Ohio — New York Central R. R.,
300-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Ft. Wayne, Ind. — New York Ce ntral R. R.,
100-ton storage capacity, Steel construction.
Coalburg, Ohio- — New York Central R. R.,
Cinder plants.
Minerva, Ohio — New York Central R. R.,
Cinder plants.
Columbus, Ohio — Toledo fe? Ohio Central Ry.,
300-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Garden Junction, Buffalo, N. Y. — Pennsylvania R. R. — Eastern
Lines,
600-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Wilmington, Del. — -Pennsylvania R. R. — Eastern Lines.
1200-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Canton, Ohio — Pennsylvania Lines West,
700-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Conciete construction.
Crestline, Ohio — Pennsylvania Lines West,
700-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Mingo Junction, Ohio — Pennsylvania Lines West.
700-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Girard, Ohio — Pennsylvania Lines West,
1100-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Wheatland, Pa. — Pennsylvania Lines West,
200-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Bremen A»ve., St. Louis, Mo. — Terminal R. R. Association of St.
Louis.
300-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Mad ison, in . — Terminal R. R. Association of St. Louis.
300-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Wyoming, Mich. — Pere Marquette R. R.
500-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Conciete construction.
Grand Junction. Mich. — Pere Marquette R. R..
150-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
New Buffalo, Mich. — Pere Marquette R. R.
150-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
South Omaha, Neb. — Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha,
200-ton storage capacity, fiame construction.
West Roanoke, Va. — Norfolk 6? Western Ry..
1200-ton storage capacity. Reinforced Concrete construction.
Youngwood, Pa. — Pennsylvania R. R. — Eastern Lines,
900-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Perryville, Md. — Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R. R.
300-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Concord, Ky. — Chesapeake &? Ohio Ry.,
500-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
Columbus, Oh io- — Pennsylvania Lines West,
1000-ton storage capacity, Reinforced Concrete construction.
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E WERE THE FIRST to use Reinforced Concrete for Coaling Station Construction.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use electric current for tlie automatic operation of
elevating equipment.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use the Balanced Bucket Type Coaling Plant.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use the Counterbalanced Bucket Type Coaling Plant.
WE WERE THE FIRST to build “B ucket Type Coaling Plants with 12— ft . shallow pit.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use the Silent Traction two-groove Hoist, which physically pre¬
vents any possibility of overwinding the coal bucket above its discharge point.
WE WERE THE FIRST to use the Gravity Sand Handling Plant in connection with Coaling
Stations to eliminate the hand shoveling process.
WE WERE THE FIRST to measure and record coal issued to engines with power operated
machines.
WE HAVE ALWAYS LED , and rightfully are entitled to the slogan America s Foremost
Designers and Builders of Locomotive Coaling Plants.
Since the Roberts and Schaefer Company was organized 15 years ago, we have designed
and built throughout Locomotive Coaling Plants for the PENNS\LVANIA RAILROAD
SYSTEM Lines East and West having a total storage capacity of 16,680 tons, located at the
following places, with definite storage capacities as outlined:
Northumberland, Pa . 1000 tons
Nescopec, Pa . 165 “
Chicago. Ill . 3a0
Indianapolis, Ind . 400 “
Baltimore. Md . 1000 **
Elmira, N. Y . 300 “
Honey Pot, Pa . 165
Baltimore. Md . 100 “
Erie. Pa . 300 “
Pitcairn. Pa . 1200
Allegheny, Pa . 200
Osceola Mills, Pa ... 200
Akron. Ohio . 200
Indianapolis, Ind . 500
Rochester, N. Y . 100
West Brownsville Junction, Pa . 300
Pitcairn, Pa. (Rebuilding) . 1200
Blairsville, Pa, .
Rainey Junction. Pa .
Kane, Pa .
South Oil City, Pa .
Gardenville Junction. Buffalo, N. Y. .
Wil mington. Del .
Canton, Ohio .
Crestline, Oh io .
Mingo Junction, Okio .
Girard, Oh IO .
Wheatland, Pa .
Youngwood, Pa .
Perry ville, Md .
Columbus, Oh IO .
Richmond, Indiana .
Thurlow, Pa .
200
100
300
200
600
1200
700
700
700
1100
200
900
300
1000
500
300
tons
At the time this book goes to press we have under construction 12 installations for this
R. R, — an unparalleled record for one of America s leading transportation systems. On
July 11, 1918, we received a communication, unsolicited, from the General Superintendent
of Motive Power, in which he states :
"In view of the very satisfactory business relations that have existed between us in the
past, I am glad to see that your company continues to study the problem of coaling locomotives,
and every now and then brings out something new and good covering this work.
Repeat orders are the best recommendation of our service.
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Standard Elevating Bucket
Our Bucket is manufactured with a 6-mch
steel roller on the h ucket apron which, you
will observe from the cut, travels on a con¬
tinuous steel guide from the bottom o f the
pit to the bucket discharge point, absolutely
preventing any possibility of the bucket com¬
ing down open. The design of the bucket
permits the coal to slide out when discharging
into the bin on a straight line with the chute to
the b in. There are no latches, trippers,
closing springs, dumping curves or any like
mechanism. Our bucket rolls up the steel
tower on heavy enclosed Gurney ball bearing
rollers. See design page 36.
Schraeder Feeder
The Automatic Measuring Feeder, pat¬
ented August 26, 1913, which we own and
which machine is illustrated above, we be¬
lieve to be the simplest and most efficient
device m a measuring feeder. It h as the
good features of all feeders now sold and
some additional advantages, such as ease
of operation, absence of all levers, toggle
links, etc.
The “Schraed er does not leak and it is
not possible to re-load a loaded bucket. It
is of heavy steel construction and has a
maximum measuring capacity of 2^9 tons
per charge — the largest capacity of any mea¬
suring feeder used m Locomotive Coaling
Plant construction. We make all the sup¬
ports for these units in bucket pit of steel
angles and channels- — no wood.
Patent Elevating Bucket
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View showing equip¬
ment over top of 1,200-
ton pocket m Lehigh Val¬
ley R. R. Coaling Plant
at Manchester, N. Y.
Note the tracks on which
the “RandS” Patent
Tram Cars travel, dis¬
tributing the coal in this
pocket; also observe con¬
crete chutes for mixing
four grades of coal, an¬
thracite and bituminous.
This is quite an ingenious photo¬
graph taken with the camera point¬
ing down in the bucket pit, show¬
ing our Schraeder Deep Pit Patent
Measuring Feeder and Elevating
Bucket suspended from c able. dh is
view taken at M anchester, N. Y.
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self-
Erection drawing ol Schraeder Patent Measuring Feeder and Elevating Bucket, in concrete
pit and track hopper.
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Illustrating’ our heavy Cast Iron Base iype Hoist, direct connected to electric motor with
Solenoid B rake, for large tonnage Coaling Plants. The lower view shows hoist for bucket
only, and the upper view shows hoist with adjacent drum for operating horizontal Ra ndS"
Tram Car for distributing coal over the bin. Note h eavy substantial construction, gear
guards, etc.
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Electric Motor With Solenoid Brake
Genera 1 Electric I. T. C., Crane Type, Reversible Motor, used for driving hoist which ele¬
vates the coal bucket. This motor is equipped with a solenoid brake to prevent dropping of
the 1 oad in case current may be cut off. The brake sets fast at the bucket discharge point,
same being actuated by the automatic controller.
View of heavy type hoist in
Erie Avenue Coaling Plant, Phila¬
delphia & Reading Ry., for oper¬
ating balanced buckets.
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RandS Electric Traction Hoist
For Small Tonnage Plants
The Rob erts and Schaefer Company direct connected Silent Traction Hoist, with two
V-groove drum and electric Solenoid Brake. This brake prevents dropping the load in case
current may be cut off.
A General Electric or Westinghouse Alternating or Direct Current Reversible 15 H. P.
motor is operated in connection with the Roberts and Schaefer Company Automatic Controller.
This controller is manufactured for us by the Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company.
This electric equipment gives the time element to the motor, permitting the continuous
and automatic ascent and descent of the elevating bucket without an attendant. There are
no gears exposed in this hoist, the same being arranged with S. K. F. ball bearings, are manu¬
factured of cut forged steel and bronze, and are enclosed in a cast iron housing and operate
in a bath of oil.
Two H -inch special steel cables connect the elevating bucket and the balancing counter¬
weight, and with this two-groove traction principle it is not possible to hoist the bucket above
the discharge point. This hoist is safe because it is so designed that in case of over-run at
terminals, that is, top and bottom, either the bucket or the counterweight bottoms on a buffer,
thereby reducing the traction on the hoist drum sufficiently to prevent further motion of the
bucket and counterweight, even if the motor keeps on running. This design is exclusive with
us and eliminates accidents^
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Electric Automatic Controller
Roberts and Schaefer Company s Electric Automatic Controller, as manufactured by the
Cutler-Hammer M anufacturing Company.
This view shows the controller and oil dash pot with steel enclosure housing open. This
controller is absolutely perfect in operation and permits the continuous ascent and descent of
the elevating bucket without an attendant. This automatic feature of the elevating equipment
permits the operator to devote his time to other work about the plant such as dumping of cars
over the track hopper, etc. Eliminating labor saves cost of handling coal per ton.
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View showing RandS Silent Traction
with Automatic Electric Controller in a plant
Hoist operating
at Cowan, Tenn.
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Diagrammatic drawing showing machinery
ing counterweight, traction hoist, 'and
consisting of coal bucket, halanc-
enclosed automatic controller.
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Distillate Oil Engine
This view illustrates the 15 H. P. Type Z
through belt, to our Automatic Reversible Hoist
Th is is one of the latest products and has
using distillate oil as fuel.
Fairban ks Oil Engine for furnishing power
in Coaling Station construction,
all the new devices for economical operation
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Sway Coaling Apron with Radial Gate
Our Rad lal Gate with Sway Spout may he satisfactorily operated irom the top of an engine
tender with one hand from any position available to the gate. A particularly well designed
system of operating levers makes this possible. The arrangement of counterweights prevents
bump or jar when the apron reaches the limit of its up position as the differential weights retire
to the structure for their support. When they are needed to balance the apron in the low
position, they are in suspension on the apron operating chains. The Radial Gate is pivoted
and cuts with the flow of coal. It is positive in its action and prevents any attempts to skim
the lumps, leaving the slack m the coal pocket for the next engine arriving at the plant.
The coaling apron is pivoted laterally and allows a spread of coal 1V2 feet wide, preventing
damage to the spout or structure in case an engine moves while taking coal, and a tender may
thus be filled with one spotting of the locomotive. The apron has a breaking joint, preventing
damage to the spout. We make this gate with large size 24 -inch openings m the pocket, pre¬
venting the bridging of coal at the gate openings.
We also have alternate designs suitable for application under a concrete pocket.
This gate will work quickly, easily, and always.
Price on application.
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“ Safety First ” Coaling Gate
Th is view illustrates our Safety First undercut Coaling Gate
with heavy hooded differential spout, all controlled by the fireman
on platform between coaling plant columns. The apron is con¬
trolled in any position by the operating chain. As our undercut
coaling gate does not depend upon balancing counterweights or its
own weight to close itself but is under th e manual power of the
operator at ail times through the rack and pinion and operating
chain, the liability of flooding engines is also eliminated.
Our coaling gate equipment is up to date and of the heaviest,
most substantial construction.
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RandS Patent Tram Car
Patented Nov. 15, 1904; Nov. 12, 1907; July 2, 1918
The horizontal distribution of coal in a bin is best accomplished by the simple “RandS”
Automatic Tram Car. Th is car is built throughout of p^-inch steel plate and is 6 feet long by
6 feet wide, the car rolling on 16-mch diameter cast iron wheels w ith h ard babbitted bushings.
The roller wheels, being located at the top above the center of gravity, prevent the car leaving
the track.
The RandS Tram Car is self-discharging and self-closing, and absolutely automatic in
its discharge and closing operation ; the discharge of coal taking place wherever the inclined
angle iron track is located, which comes in rolling contact with the Tram Car undercut gate,
rotating it, and thereby discharging the load direct into
the coal pocket.
This Tram Car is connected with a 3/o-inch hoisang
cable to the hoist drum, which is direct connected to the
bucket hoisting drum by drive gears. The horizontal
travel is therefore timed with the vertical travel of the
buckets. The Tram Car makes its complete excursion
horizontally each time as the buckets are elevated, and
there is always a Tram Car at the bucket discharge
point to receive the coal as it is discharged from the
elevating bucket, and thereby distributed over the
pocket as desired. See page 37 for Power Haulage
Machine.
We have many Tram Cars in successful service and
it is unquestionably the simplest method known for the
horizontal distribution of coal.
View of Tram Car being filled at bucket
discharge point.
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Tli e above views sbow RandS Patent Tram Cars located over large storage bins for
distributing coal. Tbe upper view at Manchester, N. Y. ; tbe lower view showing one of four
Tram Cars in service over the 2,000-ton bin equipped with 18 pockets, in the Erie Avenue PI ant,
Philadelphia 6? Reading Railroad, Philadelphia.
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END VIEW
SIDE SECTION VIEW
RANDS SHALLOW PIT COALING EQUIPMENT"
PATENTED. FEB iB-iSia
19-1913
OTHER. EflmgS-EEttfliMfi,
TKe above diagrammatic drawing and
shop before shipment, illustrates our new
operate in conjunction with a 12-foot buc
handling water in deep pit construction, w
actual photograph of the equipment, taken in the
RandS Patent Shallow Pit Coaling Equipment to
ket pit to eliminate the difficulties encountered in
hich is expensive and oftentime causes delays.
This coal elevating bucket rolls up the tower on Gurney ball bearing rollers, and is so
designed that it takes its load from the track hopper definitely without the addition of a coal
measuring feeder which requires additional depth of bucket pit. An ingenious undercut gate
operating on rollers, actuated by the ascent and descent of the elevating bucket, definitely
loads the bucket, preventing overflowing same and flooding the pit.
The mechanism is mounted on two exceedingly heavy
steel trusses bolted direct to the floor and sides of the
square concrete pit. Distance from base of coaling track
rail to the bottom of the bucket pit guaranteed to be
11 , elevating receiving hopper track 2 feet above the
coaling track rail.
*
This equipment is fully covered by patents applied
for in 1912 and issued in 1918, controlled by the Roberts
and Schaefer Company, and also additional patents
pending.
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G.'SCl/.YD AL&.n
The Duplex Patent Shallow Pit Feeder
is the only machine ever built to feed coal
from track hopper to Balanced or Counter¬
balanced Elevating Bucket, for coaling sta¬
tions, in a pit only 12 ft. below ground level.
All other “bucket type plants require a
pit 20 to 25 ft. deep in the ground.
It is usually impossible to drain such a
deep pit. It is usually possible to drain a
12-ft. pit. Avoid the extra “force account
expense necessary to pump water while in¬
stalling a deep pit, by specifying the Duplex
Feeder. We consider this an ingenious in¬
vention, strong in construction and simple in
operation.
We have never brought out a failure.
Sno Zlzvat’oh
S.wyi'/ns sscr.o.Y rueis sucurer p.t
“Duplex 12 Foot Shallow
Pit Loader”
From track hopper to ele¬
vating bucket of coaling sta¬
tion.
Patented Dec. 3, 1918
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The hoist has a differential action with ratio of travel 5 to 1 for loader and elevating bucket. The loader is
geared direct and definitely to the automatic electric hoist, which likewise controls the elevating coal bucket.
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Cinder Handling and Storage Plant on Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. R.
Recently completed by us for tbis railroad at College, Pa. ; Newell, Pa. ; Aliquippa, Pa. ;
and Monessen, Pa. Also two for use at Haselton, Obio, for tbe same company. One also in
service for tbe Monongahela Railroad Company at South Brownsville, Pa. ; also under con¬
struction for New York Central Railroad at Coalburg, Ohio, an d M inerva, Ob 10.
Six heavy solid cinder buckets, 55 cubic feet capacity each, located in Cinder Pit on heavy
roller trucks. Electric hoist with automatic stop lifts loaded bucket which dumps automatically
into storage bin, at any time.
The Reinforced Concrete bin, lined with fire-brick, holds cinders until empty cars are avail¬
able and Cast Iron Gate controls flow of cinders from bin.
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View showing Robertson Patent Cinder Equipment, designed for application to coal receiving
hopper to handle locomotive coal at an unimportant point where few engines take coal. This
is strictly an economical coaling conveyor and operates by compressed air connection to the
engine itself, or from a roundhouse reservoir.
It is not necessary for an operator to remain at this point; the fireman can take his own
coal. A car of coal placed over the track hopper in the morning, which hopper acts as storage,
permits release of the car at night and consequent demurrage. This is not a large capacity
facility, but will enable one man to mechanically place six tons of coal on an engine in 12 minutes.
See alternate design of Economical Coaling Conveyor with storage bin, permitting rapid
coaling of engine, on page 52.
Th e view shown illustrates one of two plants we built in 1918 for the Hocking Valley Ry.*
at Marion an d Toledo, Ohio.
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A new design, recently produced
by us, of an Economical, Frame
Constructed, Coaling Plant for an
unimportant point wbere perhaps
three or four engines lay over
night, at which point a greater in¬
vestment is not warranted by the
railroad company, but where ex¬
pensive shoveling and old fash¬
ioned methods are in use and
should be discontinued.
Z Ton Car }n loading^ position
This design provides for a frame constructed, 20-foot track hopper, built 7 feet above the
ground, equipped with Radial Undercut Gate for filling a two-ton coal car.
In the operator’s hoist house next to the pocket is located a 22-H. P., direct connected
Electric Hoist, with hand electric controller. By th e use of this controller the operator hoists
the coal to the top of the 20-ton frame constructed pocket, where it is automatically discharged
and the coal car returned to the pit for another load. B ecause of the storage capacity in the
coal car, track hopper, and 20-ton bin, coal is always available so that an engine may fill its
tender within two minutes without delay. During the time when engines are not taking coal
the pocket may be Filed by the one operator in charge.
This is a suitable plant for many sea-side terminal points on Eastern Railroads where traffic
is not heavy.
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Design of our Duplex Patent Coaling Conveyor in reinforced
concrete and steel fireproof construction, track hopper capacity 50
tons. Conveyor operated by electric motor, elevating receptacle is
self-hlling, self-discharging and self-closing, enabling th e placing
of 2 1 <2 tons, 5 tons, 7l 2, 10, 12^ or 15 tons on an engine as desired.
Low cost of operation without expense of storage pockets makes th is
design desirable.
This patent feeder has proved very successful in actual operation.
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RandS Gravity Sand Plant
The L. H. & St. L. Ry., Henderson, Ky.,
Frame Construction. Completed Jan¬
uary, 1915. Many built since in
Concrete Construction. See
pages 3 and 11.
View showing Beamer Steam Dryers actu¬
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We have built 40 of tbis design.
Tbe structure illustrated adopting tbe gravity system, is built in conjunction with tbe coaling
plant, and only occupies an area 9 by 12 feet. In tbis design green sand is dumped in tbe
receiving bopper in tbe same manner as tbe coal, boisted in tbe elevating bucket, and discharged
by gravity into a 50-ton wet sand bin. Tbe green sand tben flows directly to tbe sand dryer
and tbe dry sand is screened and tben elevated by compressed air.
By our system sand is dumped, elevated, stored, dried, screened, dry sand elevated and
placed on locomotives, without being touched by band or shovel, eliminating labor, which
greatly reduces tbe cost of handling. Has proved to be one of Roberts and Schaefer Company s
most successful designs.
Can be used with coal burning sand dryer if steam is not available..
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Locomotive Sand Drying Equipment
Beamer Patent Steam Sand Dryer, No. 2 Type, capacity 20 tons dry sand per 24 nours.
Patented August 12th, 1913 — Price on inquiry.
Labor saving sand drying and handling equipment is today, in connection with coal handling,
one of the important features in the economical and efficient operation of railroads.
Compare our method critically with general practice. This description speaks only of prog¬
ress, and marks a distinct advance in design and equipment.
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No. 1 Type
12 Tons
Circular Beamer Dryer with Floor Base. Capacity
Dry Sand in 24 Hours. Price on Application.
By referring to the photo-cut it will be
observed that this dryer is designed to hold
wet sand but will not hold dry sand. As
the pipes are the retaining walls for the
sand, the moisture is permitted to escape
immediately into the atmosphere, which
prevents the rusting of the pipes and caking
and burning of the sand. Were the wet
sand held in a receptacle and steam pipes
put in at random, preventing the escape of
the moisture, steam sand drying would be
unsatisfactory.
This has been proven out in the past,
but Mr. Beamer conceived the idea of mak¬
ing the pipes themselves the retaining walls
for the sand, which gives very satisfactory
service.
It is necessary to bring a l^-inch steam
pipe to the dryer. The exhaust and inlet
are controlled by two valves which are fur¬
nished with the dryer.
Beamer Patent Steam Sand Dryer
Patented Aug. 12, 1913
Coal stove sand dryers endanger all
adjacent buildings. This risk is obviated
by th e use of the Beamer steam dryer.
Fire insurance companies, therefore, are
recommending to railroads the substitution
of steam dryers.
Th e use of this steam dryer entirely
eliminates the expense of local coal, labor
of keeping up fires, removing ashes and
the replacing of burned out grates, and
other expenses involved in the use of coal
burning sand stoves.
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TYRONE SAND DRUM
A utomatic San d D rum
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Drum for sand plant construction used
particularly with the Gravity Sand Han¬
dling Plant which eliminates hard labor.
This drum has a cone valve at the top
which is normally closed by a spring
under the piston rod in th e cast iron
cylinder shown; the piston rod being the
drum valve.
The sand drum is built with a substantial steel hopper over the drum, and the dry sand
gathered in the hopper gravitates to the air drum. By the use of an air valve, air pressure is
released, moving the piston in the cylinder, which opens th e valve in the air drum allowing the
dry sand to gravitate into the drum. The operator opening another valve releases compressed
air from the reservoir into the sand drum, forcing the dry sand through the elevating pipe to
the dry sand storage bin above. The entire operation is therefore controlled by two valves,
and it requires only a minute to elevate a drumful of sand at a pressure of approximately 80
pounds. dh e use of this drum eliminates the shoveling process and consequent labor.
We have Beamer Sand Dryers in successful
service on these railroads
Louisville 6? Nashville Railroad
Canadian Northern Railway
New York , Philadelphia Norfolk Rail-
Road
Louisville. Henderson & St. Louis Railway
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Naviga¬
tion Company
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Rail¬
way
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Santa Fe Railway
Denver Tramway Company
Boston & Ma me Railroad
Nevada Northern Railway
Union Railway of Memphis
Chicago Great Western Radroad
Wabash Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railway
Kentucky & Tennessee Railway
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Monongahela Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Balt. more & Ohio Railroad
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railway
View showing two Tyrone drums in
sandhouse, Erie Avenue Coaling
Plant, Philadelphia.
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Locomotive Coaling Plants
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Nevada Northern Ity.
East Ely, Nevada
Solid, poured Reinforced Concrete. 200-ton
capacity, using Duplex Patent Shall ow Pit
Me asuring Feeder and Concrete Ran dS" G rav-
ity Sand Plant, with Beamer Sand Dryer. Offi¬
cial in charge wrote us:
"Your Construction Superintendent, Mr. Hib-
bard, has completed in a most satisfactory manner
this machinery installation, has rushed this work
for us, and has instructed our men in handling
the plant.
Sand Valve and Dome Spout
( Price on application
Our moisture-proof undercut Sand Valve witb
telescoping spout regarded by railway men as a splen¬
did valve. It requires no fittings or additional bousing
from tbe elements, being all enclosed in a cast iron
bousing, and is supported on tbe outside of tbe pocket
of a timber plant by lag screws. Wben used in con¬
nection witb a concrete pocket it bas a special attach¬
ing base wbicb is bolted direct to tbe concrete wall
without timber supports.
Operation:
By pulling a small wirerope, oper¬
ated either from tbe locomotive
tender or a platform, tbe valve is
opened, allowing tbe dry sand to
flow. Wb en tbe rope is re¬
leased tbe flow of sand stops
instantly.
Tbe delivery
spout of heavy
galvanized iron is
held out of tbe
clearance lines Oy
balanced counter-
wei gbt.
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Hand Operated Plain Sand Drum for Blowing Sandby
Compressed Air, Used with Ground Storage Sand
Plants.
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Electric Sand Elevator
The Roberts and Schaefer Company direct connected electric Air Compressor for supplying
compressed air for elevating dry sand m railroad Coaling Plant construction.
This equipment is fully enclosed as shown, and efficient in operation. It has a capacity
of 25 cubic feet of air per minute, and arranged with safety valve. This unit is a product of
the General Electric Company.
Six Beamer Patent Steam
Sand Dryers under sand
storage bin, Philadelphia
Coaling PI ant, Philadelphia
& Read mg Ry.
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Sand Elevator
(Belt Driven)
The Roberts and Schaefer Company belt driven Air
Compressor for supplying compressed air to elevate dry
sand in railroad Coaling Plant construction. This is a 6 x
6-inch single cylinder machine, and is a product of the
Curtis Pneumatic Machinery Company.
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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
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Reinfo&ced concrete and Steel,
Rands" Patent Shallow Pit
iso ton Coaling Station
for New York Cen tral L ines
North Jodson _ Indiana
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Using Shallow Bucket Pit
A splendid design (or a two-track, 150-ton capacity. Reinforced Concrete Locomotive Coaling
Plant, using our RandS Patent Shallow Pit Elevating Equipment.
This permits the use of a bucket pit only 10 feet 10 inches deep in the ground when placing
the receiving track 3 feet above the coaling track, and using a 20 feet long coal receiving hopper.
The bucket takes its own measure of coal from the track hopper without the use of a separate
additional measuring feeder which requires considerable extra depth in pit and the consequent
extra expense for pumping and handling wet excavation.
See page No. 48 for enlarged detail of this equipment.
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Locomotive
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Coaling Plants
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Mechanical Transfer Stations
For expediting transfer of materials from
bad to good cars in an economical manner.
Essential to tbe efficient operation of rail¬
roads.
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Mechanical Transfer Stations
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. R.
Haselton. Ohio
Built By Roberts and Schaefer Co.
2-,-Ton bucket ip
dumping position
Steel todder
Platform
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50* Rail bucket guide
50* Rail apron roller guide
25-Ton bucket m
2^ Ton Schraederl
outo meosur
<nq feeder
loading position.
■Side Elevation
Tbe far-seeing man should appreciate wbat
Mr. Raymer says.
This station we also duplicated for tbe
P. & L. E. R. R. at Dickerson Run, Pa.
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ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
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“RandS Measuring Coal Loader” for Locomotives
Patented Dec. 3, 1918
Shipment to an Eastern Railroad.
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We have recently completed a large six-track Reinforced Concrete Coaling Plant for the
Lehigh Valley R. R. at Manchester, N. Y., where RandS Measuring Coal Loaders are in
successful service showing their Operating Department who gets the coal. We have nine in
service on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis R. R. ; four on the Bessemer & Lake Erie
R. R. ; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. R., etc.
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Reasons why the RandS Loader should be installed
on railroad coaling stations
The Railroads of the United States consume 100,000,000 tons of coal per year. One railway
system passing through Illinois pays an average of $2.00 per ton for this fuel. Th is is the largest
single item of expense in conducting transportation.
In most instances the coal flows direct from Storage Bins to Engine Tenders, and the coal
record of Engine Crews cannot he ascertained.
Efforts to save coal must be confined to the individual ability or desire of firemen.
Wh en there is no method of telling how many tons of coal have heen used, or no effort
made to record such disbursements to trains, it is not human nature to expect the enginemen
or others will show very much care in the use of same.
If coal is a free commodity and thrown on the Tender wholesale, the tendency is to use it
wholesale, while, on the other hand, 1 f the number of tons is recorded when put on Tenders
and such accurate amount charged against the locomotive engineer, the interest displayed
will soon reflect benefit to the owners of the fuel.
Notwithstanding this fact, the system of accounting ior this vast expenditure by the majority
or Railroads has, until recently, heen given secondary consideration.
Economy can only he practiced by a full knowledge of the amount of fuel consumed for a
given amount of mileage, grade and tonnage work accomplished.
THE ECONOMY OF A WELL ORGANIZED FUEL DEPARTMENT
Great economy in railway operation can he effected hy increased supervision and better
fuel accounting. The result desired can be obtained by the use of the RANDS MEASURING
COAL LOADER."
This Loader will enable all Railroads to systematically record the amount of fuel used on
locomotives and thus organize a FUEL DEPARTMENT similar to that on the Santa Fe Railroad.
By installing this Loader, a Railroad may be put on a Coal Recording Basis, without
alteration or raising of their existing Locomotive Coaling Plants.
The "RANDS MEASURING COAL LOADER” is NOT a scale. It is very simple and
sturdy in construction, there being no intricate mechanism to get out of order, in an isolated
location.
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“RandS Measuring Loader ” at Manchester , N. Y.
This measuring loader is made of heavy three-ei ghth -inch and one-fourth-inch steel plate
construction, with machine cut operating gears, and all moving parts arranged with grease
cups.
A good scale installation in fireproof construction costs more than our machine.
An ingenious rotary motion m one direction controls the movement of the inlet and heavy
discharge gates of the measuring receptacle.
This Loader is operated with a 2 H. P. Electric Motor and Controller.
The rotating shaft turns five revolutions per minute, and with each revolution an exact
measured quantity of coal equal to 40 cubic feet, or one ton, is delivered to Tender. The
capacity of this Loader is five tons per minute, therefore any number of tons desired may be
taken. The sagging of a coal pocket, shrinkage of timber, settling of foundations, or other
such defects, do not detract from the accuracy of this Loader, although such conditions might
affect the accuracy of a scale weigh hopper.
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Fulfill the Contract — S atisfy the Client
Our Word of Honor to American* Railroads
Sixty - four percent of our 1917 contracts
were repeat orders, while ninety-four and six-
tenths percent 1918 Contracts were repeat orders
\VV will of necessity be obliged to defend ourselves aggressively in the courts
against any infringement of machinery illustrated in this book, covered
by basic patents owned or controlled by us.
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Hot. 27th, 1918.
Roberts Schaefer Co.,
He Cormick Building,
Chicago, Ill.
(Attention of Mr. Homer Adcock, Supt. )
Gent 1 emen
The new 160 ton locomotive coaling plant, which you have
built for us in place of the one destroyed by fire several months ago,
we find is in good working order and constructed according to plans and
specifications; and is accepted by us thi6 date as complete in all par¬
ticulars.
Kindly accept our sincere thanks in appreciation of the in¬
terest, energy and good workmanship which you have displayed in carry¬
ing this work through to completion under the trying war-time condi¬
tions which confronted it.
Yours very truly,
UNIOB STOCK YAF
COMPANY
ROBERTS AND SCHAEFER COMPANY
Locomotive Coaling Plants
The Twentieth Century Press
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